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also eery
as in haunting
fearfully and mysteriously strange or fantastic
eerie noises would occasionally come from locked rooms in the castle
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Recent Examples of eerie
But if eerie horror isn’t your vibe, there are plenty other options.
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Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 29 May 2026
Readers might have grown bored of me saying Joao Neves’ aerial anticipation and ball-winning bear an eerie similarity to peak-level N’Golo Kante, but the 21-year-old is a footballing genius.
—Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 29 May 2026
The series was inspired by a meme created on 4chan in 2019 which has seen internet users uploading images of eerie liminal spaces.
—Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026
Aside from hearing from primary sources, Bauman worked closely with showrunner Max Winkler in crafting the show’s eerie look and exploring how to utilize the architecture of the home to build tension.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 28 May 2026
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Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 29 May 2026
Readers might have grown bored of me saying Joao Neves’ aerial anticipation and ball-winning bear an eerie similarity to peak-level N’Golo Kante, but the 21-year-old is a footballing genius.
—Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 29 May 2026
The series was inspired by a meme created on 4chan in 2019 which has seen internet users uploading images of eerie liminal spaces.
—Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026
Aside from hearing from primary sources, Bauman worked closely with showrunner Max Winkler in crafting the show’s eerie look and exploring how to utilize the architecture of the home to build tension.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 28 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for eerie
Adjective
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But in Soni’s careful translation, the repetitions and subtle variation of Verma’s poems also achieve a haunting, transcendental resonance.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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The ways the siblings cope with their versions of reality are quite different, quite haunting and quite thought-provoking.—
Bethanne Patrick,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
Adjective
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Phillips first made waves with his short Other Side of the Box, which amassed more than 30 million views on YouTube and centered on a couple who is gifted a mysterious box, to disastrous and creepy results.—
Aaron Couch,
HollywoodReporter,
2 June 2026
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Carl caps the already difficult day by trying to impress Tom with his museum-like collection of historical battle dioramas, complete with a creepy mini-figure of Ruffage leading his Gulf War tank platoon.—
Matt Cabral,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 June 2026
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“Eerie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eerie. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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